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Silenus sleeping at right, taunted by a Satyr, and a Goat climbing on a table at left by Giorgio Ghisi

Silenus sleeping at right, taunted by a Satyr, and a Goat climbing on a table at left

Giorgio Ghisi · 1520

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DETAILS
Artist
Giorgio Ghisi
Date
1520
Medium
Engraving
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
sheet: 8 x 11 7/8 in. (20.3 x 30.2 cm) trimmed within platemark
Collection
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
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Giorgio Ghisi, a master Italian engraver, brought the grandeur of Italian Renaissance art to Northern Europe through his intricate prints.

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